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Pepsis 6464 - Pepsis chrysothemis - female
Copyright © 2016 Charles Wood

Pepsis 6464 - Pepsis chrysothemis - Female
Wrightwood, San Bernardino County, California, USA
July 13, 2016
There were many of these on the plants shown. I was able to identify another as Pepsis thisbe.

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Contributed by Charles Wood on 26 August, 2016 - 6:53pm
Last updated 26 February, 2017 - 7:32pm

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Female - Tarantula Hawk Wasp
The reddish coloring of the wings, with a wide dark band suggests that this is a female Pepsis chrysothemis. Check out her forelegs and look for any long hairs on the ventral side of the femur. There shouldn't be any, if I'm correct. That rules out P. grossa.
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